Warwick Medical School ranked among top two globally for planetary health

Warwick Medical School has been awarded an A+ in the 2026 Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) – one of just two medical schools worldwide to achieve this distinction.

The recognition highlights Warwick Medical School’s leadership in integrating sustainability and planetary health into medical education, research and student engagement.

The PHRC is a student-led, metric-based self-assessment tool designed to evaluate and improve planetary health engagement in health professional schools. This year 140 medical schools are represented in the report, from 19 countries. Student teams work together to produce a report card that represents their institution across five key areas: curriculum, interdisciplinary research, community outreach, support for student-led initiatives, and campus sustainability.

For 2025-2026, WMS has recorded improvements in all areas, while continuing to achieve full marks in the ‘Support for Student-Led Initiatives’ category.

MB ChB finalist Suzi Laws, who led on the submission for WMS, said: "Improvements that have been made include the establishment of the Student-Staff Sustainability Network in 2023 which has implemented and supported numerous initiatives, for example clothing and scrub swaps, blister-pack recycling scheme, student-led allotment, active travel promotion, and more. WMS staff have also made significant updates to the curriculum, integrating planetary health teaching into all years and themes of the course, such as Case Based Learning prompts, green prescribing workshops, formal planetary health lectures, dedicated student selected modules.

"The central university has also strongly invested in planetary health in recent years. They have committed to net zero by 2030, are increasing the amount of sustainable energy used to power on-campus buildings, and host numerous community and student-facing planetary health initiatives."

The full report for Warwick Medical School can be downloaded here.